https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:38:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709326 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:51:50 +0000 mrs. 64 709326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Firstly, I've never heard of this and it would definitely not be my cup of tea. Secondly, wouldn't it be difficult trying to hold/breast feed/change/do anything with the baby while also juggling the placenta? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709323 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:51:03 +0000 sslm 709323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709313 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:48:42 +0000 BananaPancakes 709313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: I don't know why, but your comment made me laugh. </p> <p>And no freaking way. You'd forever be known as the girl who carried her placenta around for ten days. I don't know if you can come back from that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709186 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:26:06 +0000 mrsjazz 709186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've read a couple of birth stories with Lotus Birth. I'd only do it if someone was paying me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709129 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:16:26 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 709129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: oh, the smell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709114 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:13:40 +0000 Arden 709114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I think the pictures in the article are all from a few hours after birth, very recent. They probably wrapped it up a little later after bonding, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709112 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:13:04 +0000 Sweet T 709112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember reading about this when I was pregnant with DS. I would never, ever, ever do this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709109 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:12:22 +0000 photojane 709109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: In the pictures on the NY Post article, it looks like most of the parents kept it in some sort of jar or bowl. It didn't look like there was anything there to mask the smell :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709107 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:12:20 +0000 loveisstrange 709107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Thats pretty much exactly what she said. Hmmm... I think it's definitely something to look into next time around. I was in HELL the first few months and I'd do just about anything to not do that again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709097 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:10:33 +0000 Arden 709097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A lot of the women I know who did lotus births wrapped their placentas in cloth with spices (ginger, cloves, etc) and it really didn't smell. It dried out fast, got hard before it had a chance to rot. I think if you kept it in a plastic bag or something it would be a totally different story (a stinky gross one).</p> <p>It's not for me, but I don't think it's as disgusting as people assume. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709093 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:09:57 +0000 photojane 709093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all about doing what works for you, and no judgements, but the pictures in the source article freak me out...</p> <p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/midwife_educator_discusses_the_benefits_XLQyahJhTAzBy12sbuz6IK" rel="nofollow">http://www.nypost.com/p/news/midwife_educator_discusses_the_benefits_XLQyahJhTAzBy12sbuz6IK</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709088 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:08:56 +0000 runsyellowlites 709088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think lotus births have actually been around a long time, but are just now making their way more "mainstream". It's *DEF-INITELY* not for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709087 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:08:52 +0000 Arden 709087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: I'll admit, I thought it was gross originally too. I don't think so anymore though. I could see such a marked difference (as could those around me) before I started taking them and after.<br /> My bloating vanished the first day I took them, I had way more energy, my depression really lifted, and I felt much more capable of taking care of my baby (before I'd been scared and not wanting to be left alone with her). </p> <p>One day I was really struggling (exhaustion, bursts of crying and feeling depressed, etc) and my husband asked if I'd taken my placenta pills and I realized I hadn't. Such a night and day difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709079 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:07:10 +0000 Ash 709079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: mmhmm... cuz even if it is only "musky", it's not what I wanna smell for 10 days. Blech. At a previous job, we kept the placenta in the fridge for 14 days and it never smelled pleasant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709074 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:05:00 +0000 loveisstrange 709074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I actually thought the encapsulation thing was gross until recently when I talked to a friend who did it. I actually might consider it next time around since I had such bad PPD this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709071 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:04:00 +0000 photojane 709071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: the article says that the advocates claim there is no smell the first day and only "musky" after that. umm... RIGHT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709070 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:03:59 +0000 Arden 709070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, not for me. I do think it could be done in a sanitary way, I just have no desire to do it. </p> <p>Besides, why would I waste my precious placenta?! Encapsulating it helped my recovery immensely (physically and emotionally). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709068 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:03:05 +0000 prettylizy 709068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothankyou!! I'm sorta crunchy (natural birth/delayed clamping) but seriously there is nothing natural about carrying around your placenta for days. Most mammals chew the cord up to detach their young, that's what makes sense to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709066 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:02:30 +0000 Kemma 709066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've actually read a couple of beautiful birth stories about lotus birth! It's not for me personally but whatever floats your boat... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709064 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:01:41 +0000 loveisstrange 709064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I'd rather not carry around a rotting piece of dead flesh for 10 days. No thanks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709063 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:01:39 +0000 Ash 709063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: and the smell! Ewww </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709062 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:01:37 +0000 MamaMoose 709062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh God. As someone who very clearly told her OB that I did NOT want to see my placenta this is definitely not for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709058 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:00:58 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 709058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will say, very politely, no way! Think of all the bacteria! That was as polite as I could be... so I'll stop now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709051 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000 pl0508 709051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HAHAHAHAHAHA I think people be crazyyyyy. </p> <p>Never ever ever. Gag ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lotus-birth-uhh#post-709046 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:58:46 +0000 photojane 709046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://now.msn.com/lotus-birth-or-umbilical-nonseverance-is-new-birth-trend?ocid=fbmsn" rel="nofollow">http://now.msn.com/lotus-birth-or-umbilical-nonseverance-is-new-birth-trend?ocid=fbmsn</a></p> <p>Have you read about this?! The headline reads, "Want to bond with your baby? Carry your placenta around for 10 days". I know lots of moms opt for delayed cord cutting, but apparently the new thing in the "natural birthing" world is not cutting the cord at all! I'm incredibly NOT crunchy, so this grosses me the F out. I mean, even the logistics are insane... carrying this floppy human organ in a bag around the house for days. Imagine feeding in the middle of the night with your placenta just chillin' next to you in bed. SO WEIRD.</p> <p>What do y'all think? </p>